2010 - date Director general DG "Mobility and Transport" 2006 - 2009 Director general DG "Energy and Transports" 2005 Director DG "Enterprise and Industry", "Coordination for Competitiveness" July 2003 - December 2004 Director DG "Enlargement", "Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and coordination" May 2000 - July 2003 Director DG "Enlargement", "Coordination of negotiations, pre-accession and financial instruments" 1998 - 2000  Director DG "Transport", "International relations, trans - European transport and infrastructure networks" 1995 - 1998 Member, afterwards Deputy Head of Cabinet - Cabinet of the Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Education 1993 - 1995  Head of Unit DG "Industry", "Industrial co-operation" 1987 - 1993 : Administrator, afterwards Assistant to Director general DG "Internal Market and industrial Affairs" 1986 - 1987  Administrator DG "Social Affairs"

What is your view of European ATM in the context of the 2011 European Commission White Paper on Transport?
Back in March 2011, the European Commission adopted its new White Paper on Transport, a roadmap of 40 concrete initiatives for the next decade to build a competitive transport system that will increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. At the same time, the proposals will dramatically reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050.
The White Paper outlines a strategy with three broad objectives in mind: (1) making increased use of innovation and new technologies; (2) optimising choices for passengers and consolidating volumes across the different transport modes; and (3) better exploiting existing infrastructure capacities through improved traffic management and by integrating and complementing the modal networks.
The development of European ATM is fully integrated in this strategy. On the one hand, SESAR  is one of the innovation flagships in the context of European transport research, which will shortly be further outlined by the Commission in a Strategic Transport Technology Plan aiming to accelerate the deployment of new vehicle technology, information and communication technologies and help to integrate the different modes. On the other hand, the future Transeuropean Transport Networks (TEN-T) core network should be multimodal and integrate all major EU airports. Multimodal traffic management and information systems should establish easy connections between the modes, and transport needs to be seen as a network system.
For aviation our plans include a complete modernisation of Europe's air traffic control system by 2020, delivering a Single European Sky: with shorter and safer air journeys and more capacity. In a first step, Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) are in the process of being created by end 2012 through cooperation of Member States. The Single Sky alone should deliver a 10% reduction in air journeys with a corresponding very significant reduction of delays, fuel used and emissions, as well as an increase in capacity.
Many measures have already been put in place. This includes for example the creation of the Single European Sky through two legislative packages including specific regulations on performance, charging, functional airspace blocks, network functions; the launch of the Single European Sky ATM research programme SESAR; the establishment of the European air safety agency (EASA) and many other activities.
Many of the these initiatives have been welcomed by citizens and transport companies, and have also found wide acceptance outside Europe's borders. But much still remains to be done.

With the establishment by the European Commission of the Aviation Platform, the Industry has been given an important responsibility in supporting the Commission to achieve the challenging objectives set by the Single European Sky. How do you see the role of ENAV and the ANSPs in the fast evolving context of ATM?
The Single European Sky is a very ambitious initiative and one of the Commission's highest priorities. Its success will depend on a big change in the way European air navigation services are provided. The economic downturn we experienced two years ago has only added a sense of urgency to these efforts. The European Aviation Summits held in Madrid in February 2010, Bruges in October 2010 and Budapest in March 2011 enabled to clearly show  all aviation actors that integrating the EU's airspace is crucial for the future of Europe's aviation sector. A more performing and sustainable management of European ATM will also bring benefits to our European society as a whole, as it will make it easer for passengers and goods to travel and our industry will be become more competitive.
The Aviation Platform was set up in the wake of spring's 2010 volcanic ash cloud crisis with the intention of  engaging stakeholders in a strategic dialogue and in particular to help coordinate future measures that directly affect European aviation. The Aviation Platform met for the first time in Brussels on 20 October 2010. Vice-President Kallas invited 15 top-level personalities from the aviation sector - representing airlines, airports, trade unions, air traffic management and the aviation industry. One of its members is  Massimo Garbini, Director General of ENAV S.p.A. ENAV possesses tremendous expertise in the field of air traffic management. We believe that there is an important role for ANSPs to jointly find solutions to improve safety, capacity, cost-efficiency, as well as the overall performance of the aviation system in Europe on safety and reduce its impact on the environment.
The implementation of the BlueMed Functional Airspace block (FAB) is urgently required because it will improve efficiency and capacity as well as reduce costs for airspace users. We expect ENAV S.p.A., as a key ANSP in this region, to push on the BlueMed project so that it can be functional in December 2012.
We all have our part to play in making our aviation system more efficient. Although this it is easier said then done, the benefits will make it more than worth it.